US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,106.88 with a loss of -0.07% percent or -2.12 point.  Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for  November 21.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,794.00 with a loss of -0.02% percent or -6.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,283.38 with a loss of -0.10% percent or -8.37 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.40%  fell 112.93 points, or 0.4%, to close at 27,821, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.38% lost 11.72 points, or 0.4%, to end at 3,108.46. The Nasdaq COMP, -0.51%  , which briefly traded above the neutral line in the late morning, closed 43.92 points lower, or 0.5%, at 8,526.73.

Both sides remain divided over core issues — including Beijing’s demand for removing tariffs and the U.S.’s insistence on China buying farm products — nearly six weeks after an “agreement in principle” was announced by the White House on Oct. 11.

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,821.09 with a loss of –0.40% percent or –112.93 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,108.46  with a loss of –0.38% percent or –11.72 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,526.73  with a loss of –0.51% percent or –43.93 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,591.61  with a loss of –0.42% percent or -6.68 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 974.03 with a loss of –0.63% percent or -6.18 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,994.17  with a loss of  –0.36% percent or -7.18  point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,382.01 with  a loss of –0.40% percent or -5.58 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,821.75  with a loss of –0.34% percent or -6.14 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,718.83 with a loss of –0.33%  or -5.70  point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,038.58 with a loss of –0.48% percent or –109.99 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,488.55 with a loss of –1.49% percent or –401.06 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,903.64 with a loss of –0.25% percent or –7.42   point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,662.37 up with +0.029% percent or +11.78 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 13,130.12  with a loss of –0.21% percent or –28.02 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,873.84   with a loss of –0.34% percent or –20.19 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 402.05  with a loss of  -0.44% percent or –1.76  point.